[villaphoto]

I mostly do crossfit now after years of just training barbell movements in the gym. It's actually been a blast for the last 6 months learning gymnastics movements and throwing weight around.

That being said, today was an absolute crusher of a workout. Mostly shoulders... I need a nap.

[Rekkr]

I feel like every crossfit gym comes down to the coaching staff. I've seen some coaches that were basically teaching scoliosis for time. And then you get some great coaches who have an oly lifting background who are great teachers. I feel like it's the same rules with everything else. Research as much as you can before you jump into anything and go with what works best for you.

[tH1e swiN1e]

Nice to see this thread has not died, although it seems to be on life support. Whats new with everyone? What programs are you running? Who got fat? Who's nursing an injury? Who got shredded?

Currently at 178 lbs. I run a 16 week hybrid program year round and this will be my 2nd year in a row without a change. I havent maxed out in awhile but my successful lifts from my meet in November were:
B:335
S:440
D:515

[Hepar]

Originally Posted by tH1e swiN1e

Whats new with everyone? What programs are you running? Who got fat? Who's nursing an injury? Who got shredded?

I'm still poking around. Lately I've been trying to focus on a list of chronic injuries that I've been ignoring for the most part. The biggest one are my elbows. Have a serious issue of medial epicondylitis from my many years of rock climbing. Has been an issue for the past several years, but has ramped up in its annoyance as of late. Started to really focus a lot of my "training" on them as well as more antagonistic exercises as the vast majority of my motions are pulling. It's been a slow process, but it's finally starting to help.

Also started to reduce my workout time at the end of my climbing sessions by condensing some of my workouts. For example, I'll do 100 (or 50 weighted) pull-ups, but do them in 10 minutes. 10 a minute for 10 minutes. I have a tendency to be a bit lazy in my workouts because one, I'm not particularly fond of working out and two, they come at the end of what is typically a 3+ hr climbing session. So, this has been helping me stay focused a bit more.

[tH1e swiN1e]

Originally Posted by Hepar

I'm still poking around. Lately I've been trying to focus on a list of chronic injuries that I've been ignoring for the most part. The biggest one are my elbows. Have a serious issue of medial epicondylitis from my many years of rock climbing. Has been an issue for the past several years, but has ramped up in its annoyance as of late. Started to really focus a lot of my "training" on them as well as more antagonistic exercises as the vast majority of my motions are pulling. It's been a slow process, but it's finally starting to help.

Also started to reduce my workout time at the end of my climbing sessions by condensing some of my workouts. For example, I'll do 100 (or 50 weighted) pull-ups, but do them in 10 minutes. 10 a minute for 10 minutes. I have a tendency to be a bit lazy in my workouts because one, I'm not particularly fond of working out and two, they come at the end of what is typically a 3+ hr climbing session. So, this has been helping me stay focused a bit more.

Good to see you still getting after it, even with the injuries. Anything is better than nothing.

Im an avid climber myself and took some time off of lifting to train for some specific routes I had set as goals for some trips I took. I ended up injuring a pulley in my finger and had to get elbow surgery because of the abuse it was taking. Im back to lifting but am giving myself until the end of summer to start training for climbing again.

[Rekkr]

Glad other people actually post in here. I’m nursing a completely blown out knee that I’ve been putting surgery off for a while. Other aches and pains that I just kind of ignore as well.

Currently sitting at 217, around 12% bf during this bulk, at 6ft. I’ll probably bulk back up to around 225

[Hepar]

Originally Posted by tH1e swiN1e

I ended up injuring a pulley in my finger and had to get elbow surgery because of the abuse it was taking.

What was the issue that required surgery?

[tH1e swiN1e]

Originally Posted by Rekkr

Glad other people actually post in here. I’m nursing a completely blown out knee that I’ve been putting surgery off for a while. Other aches and pains that I just kind of ignore as well.

Currently sitting at 217, around 12% bf during this bulk, at 6ft. I’ll probably bulk back up to around 225

Hahaha ignoring aches and pains are how I usually deal with stuff too. Anything to avoid surgery. On another note Ive always wanted to break into the 200lb club but my metabolism just doesnt seem to allow it.

Originally Posted by Hepar

What was the issue that required surgery?

Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. Its pretty prevalent in lifters and climbers due to the angles and loads we often put our elbows in while enjoying these sports. They released and moved the nerve and all has been on the up and up since.

[Rekkr]

[QUOTE=tH1e swiN1e;3288764]Hahaha ignoring aches and pains are how I usually deal with stuff too. Anything to avoid surgery. On another note Ive always wanted to break into the 200lb club but my metabolism just doesnt seem to allow it

I absolutely hate having surgery and will avoid it if I can. Unfortunately I damaged so much in my knee I don’t have much of a choice now.

My metabolism used to be the same so I totally get the struggle. I used to be super skinny and lean. Like 155lbs skinny. My transformation pics are pretty funny to say the least

[Hepar]

Originally Posted by tH1e swiN1e

Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. Its pretty prevalent in lifters and climbers due to the angles and loads we often put our elbows in while enjoying these sports. They released and moved the nerve and all has been on the up and up since.

What were your symptoms? I also get numb fingers (pinky and ring) so I'm assuming there is some nerve stuff going on too.

[Itsme71190]

Lost about 12to15lbs from starting IF and not hitting the gym after injury

[leftyguns21]

Originally Posted by Kesty

Which vitamins do you guys take when working out? I am looking for some recommendations

I am no body builder or anything but can offer up what I take. I just turned 40 so I take normal vitamins and supplements and work out 3-4 times a week. I have noticed a pretty big difference in my overall feeling and mood with this combo

multi vitamin
Fish oil
Beef Spleen
Zinc

[CT135]

High school weights teacher. My favorite class is athletic weight training, our athletes are excelling in strength gains, but more importantly they are getting stronger in dynamic movements. So many high school programs only lift in the sagittal plane, neglecting the frontal and transverse types of lifts, which are the ones that directly translate to sport/athletic movement. Proper movement patterns > everything else.
I also find it enjoyable to teach freshman how to lift, why we do certain things, and teach them proper technique so I don't have to correct it later.

[Silver Supra]

After lifting my entire life, I got tired of battling injuries and started a local boot camp to check it out. It was very different than anything I had done before and really got some great results. I was much more athletic and my cardio was light-years better than before.

I looked into CrossFit but it wasn't for me. My boot camp included some classic olympic style lifts like CF mixed with more of the conditioning/HIIT activities which I was looking for. Whatever works for you and you enjoy - keep doing!

After a couple of years I got tired of paying the fees and built my own home gym where me and the missus workout. We still follow much of the activities that we did at the bootcamp, but got bored with creating our own workouts and recently started a program on athlean-x.

So far I'm really impressed. If you haven't checked out any of the athlean-x vids on YouTube I highly recommend it. He understands bio-mechanics better than anyone I've ever run across and his program includes a nutrition plan which we love - as it makes mealtime so much easier.

I don't carry the mass I use to, but I'm ok with that as I'm much leaner and more athletic than before. I no longer care about what I'm able to lift in terms of a max rep and feel better overall - which is all that matters.

Cool to see so many people in this thread making gains and achieving their goals!!

[RedSled]

Originally Posted by Silver Supra

After lifting my entire life, I got tired of battling injuries and started a local boot camp to check it out. It was very different than anything I had done before and really got some great results. I was much more athletic and my cardio was light-years better than before.

I looked into CrossFit but it wasn't for me. My boot camp included some classic olympic style lifts like CF mixed with more of the conditioning/HIIT activities which I was looking for. Whatever works for you and you enjoy - keep doing!

After a couple of years I got tired of paying the fees and built my own home gym where me and the missus workout. We still follow much of the activities that we did at the bootcamp, but got bored with creating our own workouts and recently started a program on athlean-x.

So far I'm really impressed. If you haven't checked out any of the athlean-x vids on YouTube I highly recommend it. He understands bio-mechanics better than anyone I've ever run across and his program includes a nutrition plan which we love - as it makes mealtime so much easier.

I don't carry the mass I use to, but I'm ok with that as I'm much leaner and more athletic than before. I no longer care about what I'm able to lift in terms of a max rep and feel better overall - which is all that matters.

Cool to see so many people in this thread making gains and achieving their goals!!

I have been following Jeff at Athlean-x for a couple of years now. Really enjoy his workouts, and have done well by them. Stay strong.